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German Grocery Chain Aldi Gears Up for Florida Openings
The company will have its distribution center and State headquarters in Haines City, with stores planned for Florida.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Citizens Bank Wins CFDC's Top Honor
The Polk Museum of Art is also recognized by the partnership.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Polk Community College, USF get $812,000 grant to develop Linux curriculum
Polk Community College and the University of South Florida Polytechnic have received an $812,726 grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a four-year curriculum for Linux computer system administration.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Lockheed Martin named one of best places to launch career
Lockheed Martin Corp. has been named one of the top 10 places to launch a career in the Sept. 15 issue of Business Week, ranking 8th, up one spot from last year's 9th place.
Friday, September 12, 2008
WellDyne Taking Off In Lakeland
The company has established an office and plans to have a total of 670 employees by early 2011.
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Local agencies receive Enterprise Florida grants
The Metro Orlando Economic Development Commission, Volusia County Department of Economic Development, Economic Development Commission of Florida's Space Coast and the Central Florida Development Council of Polk County were among the 11 agencies statewide receiving grants from Enterprise Florida.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Lakeland lures WellDyneRx
WellDyneRx Inc. will create more than 670 jobs when it opens a new facility in Lakeland, more than tripling the Colorado companys prescription mail order capacity.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Pharmacy Company to Bring 670 Jobs to Lakeland
Located off Swindell Road, mail-order pharmacy and benefit manager to start hiring next year; average salary: $42,000.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Central Florida Development Council Awarded International Trade Grant
Enterprise Florida, Inc. awarded the Central Florida Development Council (CFDC) $60,000 through a statewide competitive grant program designed to advance international trade and investment opportunities in Polk County.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Polk Works Gives Inaugural Employer Awards
Polk Works debuted its Employer of Distinction awards Thursday during the workforce agency's annual breakfast meeting in Lakeland.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Heart of Florida Opens 4th Floor
New surgical wing adds 52 patient beds to the Haines City medical center.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Food Tech May Irradiate More With Looser Regulation
Mulberry company could benefit from a new regulation on food irradiation.
Friday, August 22, 2008
East Polk retail coming into its own
While the more than 500,000sf Posner Park development at I-4 and US 27 has been commanding a lot of attention these days, it isnt the only story where East Polk County retail is concerned. New development is planned or under way, with the potential for more as other supporting factors come on line.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Haines City Hospital Adds Two New Floors of Rooms
Part of Heart of Florida's expansion to focus on joint replacement.
Heart of Florida Regional Medical Center is preparing to display a $25 million expansion that's made the hospital five floors tall instead of three.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Planning Council Approves CSX Project
The Central Florida Regional Planning Council on Wednesday approved the proposed 318-acre rail terminal site in southern Winter Haven. The approval, with 61 conditions on traffic, the environment and other factors, has been forwarded to the city of Winter Haven.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Super Duper
Southern Business & Development magazine in Birmingham, Ala., has ranked the Lakeland-Winter Haven metropolitan statistical area (encompassing all of Polk County) as the 10th best mid-market (population of 250,000 to 750,000 people) for locating a business.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Auburndale CRA Gets More Time to Repay $600,000 Loan
The Polk Commerce Centre Community Redevelopment Agency has eight more years to earn its keep.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Frostproof Will Get Ferguson Enterprises' Distribution Center
FROSTPROOF - "The Friendly City" of Frostproof so impressed the United States' largest distributor of plumbing supplies that the town is now the home of its Southeast regional distribution center.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Rebuilding Of PrecisionAire Facility Under Way
The new plant is being rebuilt on the same site as the one destroyed by fire in '07.
Friday, July 11, 2008
Approval Expected for Huge West Lakeland Project
The plans of Jacksonville-based Flagler Development Company are expected to be approved July 21 by the Lakeland City Commission.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Polk Buying Site for Sports, Tourism Marketing
County commissioners agreed Wednesday to spend $3.5 million to buy nearly 9 acres at Lake Myrtle and Berkley roads as the location for the county's Tourism and Sports Marketing office.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
USF Polytechnic to offer new degree program
University of South Florida Polytechnic will launch a new bachelor of general studies degree program in the fall. It is designed for working adults who have some college education but have been out of school for at least three years.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Aldi searching for 400 workers in the Tampa Bay area
Discount grocer Aldi is gearing up for the opening of stores in west Central Florida, beginning in September.
The German grocer plans to hire 400 people for its distribution center in Haines City and 24 stores in the Tampa Bay area, a spokeswoman said Wednesday.
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
Michael's, J.C. Penney and PetsMart to open in Davenport
Three of America's largest retailers will open stores in July at the $500 million Posner Park, a mixed-use development on 386 acres at Interstate 4 and U.S. 27 in Davenport.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
The Top of the Class
The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. high schools
Public schools are ranked according to a ratio devised by Jay Mathews: the number of Advanced Placement, Intl. Baccalaureate and/or Cambridge tests taken by all students at a school in 2007 divided by the number of graduating seniors. All of the schools on the list have an index of at least 1.000; they are in the top 5 percent of public schools measured this way.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Crist Signs USF Autonomy Bill
Gov. Charlie Crist signed a bill Tuesday giving the Lakeland campus of the University of South Florida the same autonomy as other branch campuses and officially recognizing its new name: USF Polytechnic.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Herr Nominated As Ultimate CEO
Tampa Bay Business Journal recognized County Manager Mike Herr as a finalist for their inaugural Ultimate CEO Award.
Monday, June 09, 2008
Roads Are Key to Business Growth, Official Says
If there's a key to boosting business growth in now-residential areas of Northeast Polk County, it may lie in the quality of the local roads and highways.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
HHGregg opens four stores Thursday
Appliance and electronics retailer HHGregg will debut Thursday four more Central Florida stores.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Economic Development Meeting Highlights Growth
Lakeland Economic Development Council's annual breakfast event gives rundown on business activity.
Pepsi Bottling Group showed off its new Lakeland home Thursday: an 110,000-square-foot facility at Interstate Commerce Park that will be used to refurbish thousands of vending machines and soda fountains each year. The arrival of Somers, N.Y.-based Pepsi Bottling was one of several announcements made during the Lakeland Economic Development Council's annual breakfast. Other highlights included:
Friday, May 16, 2008
FSC to Build $1.5M Tech Center
Construction on the new building will start this summer.
The Marshall and Vera Lea Rinker Foundation has donated millions of dollars to a number of small colleges throughout Florida.
Friday, May 16, 2008
Duke Realty Signs hhgregg to 282,000 SF Lease
Consumer Electronics Dealer Inks Deal at Park 27 Distribution Center
Friday, May 16, 2008
Roads Need Upgrades, Official Says
DAVENPORT | If there's a key to boosting business growth in now-residential areas of northeast Polk County, it may lie in the quality of the local roads and highways.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Donor to Honor $12 Mil. Pledge
Even though hoped-for state matching funds fell through, Sanford Phelps will give land and cash for satellite campus.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Orlando, Tampa: Collision course?
The Orlando and Tampa metropolitan areas will merge into one super region by 2020. The combined space will be one of 20 U.S. "megapolitan areas," which contain more than 5 million residents.
Now is the time to plan, before they grow together as one monster-size city.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Rooms to Go expands Lakeland presence by 700,000 SF
Rooms to Go is feeling pretty homey about the Lakeland area. So much so, in fact, that the furniture retailer plans to increase its huge local presence by building another 700,000 square feet on Airport Road.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Lake Wales May Hitch a Ride on CSX With Industrial Plan
Lake Wales officials want to take advantage of the proposed CSX facility and shoot for growth potential along State Road 60.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Massive Clear Springs Project Steps Forward
The proposed 18,000-acre Clear Springs development inched closer to turning dirt Monday with the Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of the overall concept for the project.
The planning commission is recommending that the City Commission approve the concept, called a sector plan, for the entire site.
The commission will consider the recommendation April 7.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Crist Supports Funds For USF Lakeland
In a reversal, Gov. Charlie Crist said Wednesday he supports funding a new University of South Florida campus in Lakeland.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
A Stick In Time
Businessmen Create Device That Holds Medical Information
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Retailers open doors this week at Posner Park
Target was the first of five major stores slated to open this month at Posner Park, the $500 million mixed-use project in Polk County.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
DayJet Service Grows Through Word of Mouth
Businessman Sam Killebrew was one of the first to sign up when a new air passenger service from Lakeland Linder Regional Airport was announced last year by DayJet Corp.
Unlike a traditional airline that has regular flights available to everyone, DayJet offers a members-only service aimed at business travelers going to smaller cities in Florida and nearby states. When DayJet customers call, a small three-passenger jet picks them up.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Special Training Sessions Offered
Manufacturing employees and displaced workers are eligible.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Railroad Rebound: Signs point to resurgence in one of country's oldest shipping modes
Many novice and professional investors closely track the moves of billionaire Warren Buffet.
Buffet and his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., have a proven track record of investing in successful companies.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Expansion is Common Theme for 2007, 2008
As the county's population increases, hospitals and major clinics respond in form of expanded facilities, programs.
The common thread that linked Polk County's major health care providers in 2007 was growth.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
A Return to Grenelefe Splendor Is Promised
The prospective new owner of Grenelefe on Monday pledged to return the troubled resort to its heyday in the 1980s, when it had the state's best golf course, and he said he would put $300 million during the next decade behind that pledge.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Golf resort lands Palmer for course redesign
Grenelefe Golf and Tennis Resort is being reborn.
Feltrim Developments has contracted to buy the 36-year-old Haines City resort for an undisclosed sum and invest $300 million to rehabilitate it over the next 10 years. A closing is scheduled for October.
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Grocer stew thickens
Discount chain Aldi plans a fall debut in Tampa Bay.
Friday, February 01, 2008
German Discounter Plans Distribution Facility
A freshly cleared patch of rural Haines City is set to become the launchpad for Florida's next supermarket player. Executives with German discount chain Aldi paid a visit to the 73-acre site off Detour Road on Thursday, surveying the future home of a 500,000-square-foot distribution center and Florida corporate offices.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Details of Posner Park project becoming clearer
After a Target store in the Posner Park development opens in March, many other retail stores and services will quickly follow.
Located at the southeast intersection of Interstate 4 and U.S. Highway 27, the construction site will stretch about 630,000-square-feet, said Quen Wilson, concurrency and entitlements director for the Polk County Development Department.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Aldi prepares for Florida debut
Discount grocer Aldi moved closer to widespread distribution in the Sunshine State with the Thursday ground breaking on a 500,000-square-foot warehouse that will serve as its Florida headquarters.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Town Center Closer to Reality
The 131-acre commercial and retail development could possibly begin construction late this year.
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